Chapter 3

When Connie awoke she realised she was still tangled up under the sheets with Sam. She sighed before getting up carefully trying not to wake him. Sitting at the edge of the bed she rested her head in her hands. This was not going to be an easy thing to ignore, knowing you still felt something for someone was one thing but sleeping together was another.

She walked into the bathroom and turned on the shower before climbing in and making the most of the warm water falling across her back. Connie was in there for about half an hour just thinking. When she finally got out she wrapped a towel around herself before making her way through the bedroom quietly. Grabbing some clean clothes she trailed back to the bathroom and started getting changed.

As she was about to put on her dress she heard someone getting up. Looking back and out the door she noticed Sam was standing by the window looking out. She finished putting her dress on but as she went to do the zip at the back she felt someone's hands reach for it and pull it up. His hands felt warm on the base of her back as he helped her. Not wanting to turn around she closed her eyes hoping he wouldn't say anything.

To her surprise he dropped his hands from her back and left the bathroom without a word. Connie looked into the mirror as she let her hair fall down her back once more. Sam had picked his clothes up from the floor and begun getting changed when she came back into the bedroom. Rather than speaking to him she just sat down and begun doing her hair and make-up. When he was dressed he sat on the end of the bed and just stayed quiet for a while.

Connie got up to get a pair of heels from the cupboard and decided to put an end to the silence. He felt bad, that was obvious but it was also clear he didn't regret what they'd done. In fact it seemed like it was a weight lifted from him. As she bent down to go into the wardrobe she turned to face him. "If you're going to sit their aimlessly you could do something useful and make me a coffee." He looked up at her as she smiled over at him. He smiled back standing up and leaving the room "You're the boss…" As soon as he was gone the smile left her face and she carried on searching for some shoes.

He heard her coming before he saw her. Stepping out into the kitchen Connie put her arms into the black leather jacket. Flicking her hair out of the jacket and down her back she thanked Sam for the drink taking it from him. "How's Grace doing at school?" Connie looked up as she sat down. "She's good, doing really well at school now. Top of the class." Sam smiled "Of course she is, she's a smart girl."

Sam finished his coffee and turned putting down the mug. Before he could walk to the front door Connie spoke up. "Do you need a ride home?" Sam looked towards her as she walked through the kitchen putting down her mug and wandering out to get her bag. After picking it up she grabbed her keys and phone from the side putting them inside. "You don't have to-" "It's fine."

After he got out the car Connie pulled straight off heading for the hospital. Once she was there she sat inside for a while trying to clear her head. When she finally decided to get out she was greeted by a call from Iain who was getting a patient out of the back of an ambulance. In truth she was happy for the distraction straight away and ran over to assist them.

An hour later and Connie was walking out of resus finally able to put her jacket and bag into her office. Sitting down in her chair she began flicking through pieces of paper on her desk. There was a light knock at the door followed by Rita appearing in the door way. "Morning, I was just wandering if you had Grace this weekend? Iain's working and I thought it'd be nice to go out for a couple of hours with the girls." Connie smiled nodding. "That'd be good, Grace is driving me crazy recently. Always saying she's bored and wanting to do things."

Rita was sitting in the office opposite Connie's desk as the pair talked. "I can't believe Phoebe is 2 in a couple of weeks-" "Times flown, oh which reminds me we're having a small family party for her but you and Grace are welcome to come along too… I think Zoe said her and Max will be there." Connie clicked off of her emails on the computer standing up. "I don't think I've got Grace that weekend but I'll ask Sam if I can take her for a few hours." The women wandered out of the office and towards resus.

Outside in the ambulance bay Iain was sitting with Dixie who was telling him about the birthday present she'd got her goddaughter. "So have you and Rita had much time to yourselves recently?" Iain shook his head leaning back against the side of the ambulance. "We've both been busy here and when we're not we're with Phebe's. I'm planning on doing something in a couple of weeks though, it'll be three years since we've been together next month."

Dixie wandered around to the staffroom calling out as she did. "If you want to take her out I'm sure I can look after Phoebe for the night." Iain smiled jumping up and closing the ambulance doors as his walkie started crackling. "3006 to control, we're on our way… Dix, we got a shout!" The pair got into the ambulance and prepared themselves for whatever sight they were about to encounter.

Sam wasn't in work that day and so spent it moping about the house. Emily had been at work when he got home and he was thankful for having the place to himself. He heard the keys in the door as it was turning 4 o'clock. "Hey, where did you get to last night?" Sam looked over at her "I just stayed at Cal's place last night, didn't want to come home and wake you up." She smiled and started putting her things down before heading into the kitchen.

He sat on the sofa as she came in and perched herself next to him. "I was thinking we could order something for dinner tonight… Celebrate you getting the job and everything, sorry for not going last night. I wish I had, bet you all had a right laugh." Sam smiled quickly before just looking away and thinking about the previous night and how different it could have gone.